Conformator



(No Model.) 2 Sheet-s--Sheet 1.

A. S. ADLER.

GONFORMATOR.

Patented Sept. 20, 1892.

(No Model.) Y 2 sheets-sheet 2. A. s.. ADL-BB. GQNPORM'ATOR.

No. 482,911. Pamted sept. 2o, 1892.

v Q5. lu/vant@ i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAHAM S. ADLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CONFORNIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,911, dated September 20, 1892.

Application ledNovember 6, 1891. Renewed August 24., 1892. SerialNo. 443,944. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern/.-

3e it known that I, ABRAHAM S. ADLER, a citlzen of the United States, residing at the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have inyented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Oonformators, as set forth in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure 1 represents aperspective view of a conformator embodying my invention. Fig. 2 1s a transverse sectional view of the same on the line :c x of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a diagram used in connection with the conformator. Fig. 5 is a modification to be referred to.

My invention relates to means for obtaining the exact measure and contour of forms# s uch as lasts-and in transmitting the outline of the form or last to a diagram or sheet having lines and characters corresponding to the last or parts of the human foot; and it consists of the constructions, arrangements, and combinations of devices which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to Which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now describe its construction and indicate the manner in which the same is carried out.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the vertical sides of the machine separated from each other a distance snficient to permit the introduction between them of the largest size of lasts and having the surfaces slotted in parallel vertical lines, as shown at ce. At their upper portions these side pieces are iirmly connected by means of transverse connecting-rods B, while at the ends of the lower portions of the vsides are transverse uniting-bars C for connecting the lower portions of the bars and giving the desired strength and rigidity to the structure.

To the end cross-bars C vertical standards D are pivotally secured or hinged, so that they may be tnrnedinto a horizontal position to permit the last to be introduced into or removed from the machine. These end standards are slotted longitudinally atb to receive a pin or rod c, which extends through the slot and is adapted to enter recesses or holes at opposite ends of the last, as shown in Fig. 3,

and said pins or rods c may be adjusted vertically in the slotted standards to raise or lower the suspended last in the machine, and may also be adjusted horizontallyin and out to accommodate diiferent lengths of lasts, these adjustments being maintained by means of set-screws d, or other similar means, working in slots made transversely through the standards D, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Passing transversely across the machine and mounted to freely slide in the slots in the sides thereof are the rods E and F, each of which has its ends extended beyond the outer surfaces of the sides A, said rods having one end pointed and the other threaded to receive a nut e or analogous device, adapted to bear against a spring G, interposed between the inner surface of the nut and outer surface of the side A, whereby each pin is maintained in a horizontal position, WhileA the friction of the spring against the side Aris sufficient to hold the pin and its adj uncts in any position they may be placed in the slots a. These rods E and F are arranged in two series, those of one series E occupying the upper portions of the slots a and those of the other series F occupying the lower portions of said slots, While the inserted last occupies the central portion of the machine between the two series of rods. When the last is thus inserted,the rods of the upper series are moved down upon the last and those of the lower series are moved up against the under part of the last,when their combined outer or pointed ends will disclose a perfect counterpart or fac-simile of the contour of the last.

On the transverse rods E are mounted sliding blocks H, having depending pointed pins g, adapted to be pressed down uponthe last along its central or median line when the rods are moved down in their slots, and upon the lower rods F are sliding blocks l, preferably two on each rod, having pointed pins@l z" projecting from their upper and lower surfaces. From this description it will be seen that when the last is placed in position and suspended by the rods at its toe and heel portions the'v upper series of rods E is moved down and the sliding blocks adjusted thereon until their pins engage the upper middle line of the last. The blocks on the lower series of rods F are moved toward the ends of the rods and then IOO ` that side of the machine which receives the pointed ends of the rods E and F a platform" moved up close to the sides of the last, so .that whenvthe rods are raised upwardly towardthe last the pointed ends of the pins t' will fit snugly the under part of the last to give the under shape of the last to the pointed extremities ofthe rods F. The lower set of pins 1I', projecting downwardly from the sliding blocks, will also, by reason of the adjustment above noted, indicate the exact tread or contour of the last, which shape or contour is readily transferred to a diagram or sheetplaced below the pins and brought into contact with thepointed endsof thepinsinanywell-known` A p U A "series of horizontal rods mounted to slide In order that the longitudinal shape of the last may be preserved for future reference, I

pivotally secure or hinge to the lower side of or plate M, having a soft yielding surface on one side. Upon this yielding surface a diagram' or -sheet N, similarto that shown in Fig.

4, is placed, and when the platform or plate M is raised from its horizontal position into a vertical position and pressedagainst the protruding pointed ends of the adjusted rods E and 4F these ends perforate the sheet in lines corresponding with the shape of the last.

In order that the exact length or number of the last may be made known, the diagram is provided with a series of parallel lines m at both its toe and heel portions, with characters i indicative of sizes of last from sma1l12 to `large 12. This form of diagram enables me to `accurately note the size and` shape of a heel or toe larger than usual or where the heel or toe is longer than the recognized standard as found in the lasts usually employed inshoemaking. The diagram mayfalso have other lines n upon it between the heel `and toe portions, and extending from a point indicating the cuboid bone toward the toe portion -and lettered :from A to I to indicate the width of last. In addition to the foregoing the diagram may also have lines or spaces, in which may be written or marked the words Heel, Ankle, Leg, Instepn c u Spring, Lol-n Kinds Toe, and Heek so that when the measurements are taken and the shape of the last ascertained a complete. record of the foot is known and may be preserved for future use.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modification of the standards at the front and `rear of the appa-V ratus. This form of standard may be substituted forthose shown in Figs. l `and'2, and it comprises a nut r, working between twohorizontal spaced bars s in the lower portion of the machine and having a screw t passing vertically through it, with a pin u projecting from its upper end and engaging the last near its ends, whereby the latter is supported in substantially 'the same manner as before described. When these screws `are not in use, they may be run down until their pointed pins are Hush with or belowthe upper plane of the bars s, so as not to be inthe way.

YHaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, isj l. In a conformatoig transversely-mounted verticallyslidable rods larranged in Yupper and lower series and adapted to delineate the outlines of a lastintroduced between them.

f 2. In a conformator, a frame vertically slotted, an upper and lower series of verticallyadjustable horizontal rods slidable in said frame, and a last or form adapted to be introduced between the rods of theupper and lower series.

3. In a conformator, aframe having a double vertically therein, the rods of one series occupying the upper part Aot' the frame and those of the other series the lower portion of said frame, a formadapted to be introduced between said series of rods, and a diagram or sheet adapted to be brought into contact with the ends of the rods, whereby the out; line of the inserted form is transferred to the diagram or sheet.

4. In aconformator,the slotted sides andthe double series of rods adapted to be adjusted toward and from each-other, in combination with standards at the opposite ends of the machine, rodsadjustably fitted thereto, and a last or form suspended from `said end rods between the double series of rods. A

5. In a conformator, the slotted sides and the double series of rods held by friction and adjustably secured so that the rods of one series may be moved toward and fromy those of the other series, in combination with slot ted end standards horizontally and vertically suspended from said latter rods between the double series of rods, and a diagram `or sheet adapted to be brought against the ends of the double series of rods, whereby the outline of the last'or `form is transferred to the diagram or sheet. f

`6. In a conformator, the slotted sides and slotted rend standards, the upper and lower series of transverse rods slidablefrom opposite ends of the slotted sides and having ends protruding, one of said vends having a spring and adj listing-nut and theothers being pointed, and a hinged platform or plate carrying a diagram or sheet adapted to be brought against the pointed ends of the rods, whereby `the outline of an object inserted between the double series of rods is indicated -upon the diagram or sheet.

7. In a' conformator," the slotted sides, the transverse rods mounted therein in double series, one series `occupying the upper portions of the slots and the other the lower portions thereof, blocks mounted to slide upon the rods of both series and having pins adapted to be adjusted against a form introduced between said double series of rods, the blocks on the lower series of rods havin-g pins projecting, also, from their lower sides, and diagrams or sheets adapted to be pressed against the latter pins and the `ends of the double series of rods, whereby correct 'out'- lof line of the inserted form is transferred to the diagrams or sheets.

8. In a conformator, the slotted sides and the double series of transverse rods slidable 5 therein, a form adapted to be introduced between said series of pins and against which the rods are adjusted, and a hinged or pivoted plate at one side of the machine adapted to be brought against the ends of the rods, 1o said plate having a yielding surface 0n which a diagram or sheet is placed.

9. In a conformator having a double series of transverse rods vertically adjustable toward and from a last suspended between them, a diagram having parallel-numbered lines at I5 opposite ends corresponding to the heel and toe portions of the last, whereby the length of the heel and toe is ascertained.

vABRAHAM S. ADLER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL S. BoGGs, WM. HERRMANN. 

